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A Time for Whiskey, a Time for Amphetamines

That’s right, folks, it’s Johnny Cash’s birthday! Which means, of course, we all need to have Johnny Cash-themed parties, experience drug and alcohol induced bouts of hysteria/rage/dissipation, and then bounce back with healthy, reformed, spiritually awakened attitudes to conclude the evening. My friends and I hosted one of these parties in college with great success, […]

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Give a Hoot: Pot Pollutes.

This little post on the New West blog focuses on reports that gun-toting marijuana ranchers roam Southern Oregon’s woods (maybe true?) but I think the actually interesting point it brings up is that pot pollutes: In Oregon’s Grant County, manmade damns and chemical-laced pools were discovered along tributaries of the John Day River. I’ve come […]

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